A Cook’s Tour: In Search of the Perfect Meal by Anthony Bourdain (PDF)

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It works extremely well. In large part because Bourdain is a very funny writer; sharp, honest and with a beguiling mix of belligerence and sensitivity’ Sunday Telegraph’Brilliantly written up in a raw, stylish gonzo prose, with pitch-black humour and a devilish turn of phrase’ Evening Standard____________________Anthony Bourdain, life-long line cook and bestselling author of Kitchen Confidential, sets off to eat his way around the world.But being Anthony Bourdain, this was never going to be a conventional culinary tour. Bourdain heads out to Saigon where he eats the still-beating heart of a live cobra, and travels deep into landmined Khmer Rouge territory to find the rumoured Wild West of Cambodia (Pailin).Other stops include dining with gangsters in Russia, a medieval pig slaughter and feast in northern Portugal, the Basque All Male Gastronomique Society in Saint Sebastian, rural Mexico with his Mexican sous-chef, a pilgrimage to the French Laundry in the Napa Valley and a return to his roots in the tiny fishing village of La Teste, where he first ate an oyster as a child.Written with the inimitable machismo and humour that has made Tony Bourdain such a sensation, A Cook’s Tour is an adventure story sure to give you indigestion.

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⭐I know I’m about 20 years or so late to this read, but it came ar a perfect time for me. Since Bourdain’s untimely death, I miss his voice, his insight, and the enlightened way his words make me want to eat and travel! This book beautifully disperses the idea of “the perfect meal” and instead gives us a tale of food, places, people and Tony. From the worse thing he’s ever eaten to the simple food memories of his childhood, “A Cook’s Tour” reminded me why I fell in love with Anthony Bourdain in the first place – he was an incredible human with a unique twist on eating, traveling, and living.

⭐”A Cook’s Tour” by the wonderfully worldly and well-traveled Anthony Bourdain, is a book about food like no other, and it is simultaneously entertaining, exciting, and revolting. Tony travels the world in search of the perfect meal; it’s an exciting quest for any chef to ponder, but along the way he comes across numerous local delicacies that can be best described as only for the strong of heart.Although he encounters several problems with dishes from around the world (the Mexican sautéed ant eggs and Scottish deep-fried haggis with curry sauce and deep fried egg stand out), the most stunning for my money are the things he eats in Asia, and especially Vietnam. I for one would not be able to eat the traditional Vietnamese breakfast of soft-boiled duck embryo complete with feathers, followed by a steaming bowl of “chao muk”, a hearty soup made from ginger, sprouts, cilantro, shrimp, squid, chives, pork-blood cake, and croutons; later Tony enjoyed some braised bat (“imagine braised inner tube, sauced with engine coolant”). Even worse than that, though, is the concept of eating a still-beating cobra heart, after a very special snake disemboweling ceremony.While Vietnam takes the proverbial cake, the book features other gastronomic nightmares from around the globe, with Japan coming in second in the contest for unusual and disturbing foodstuffs. The foodie tour of Japan started out benignly enough, with an appetizer of “amuse-gueule of hoshigaka goma-an” (dried persimmon and fried soy curd with sesame paste), but quickly progressed to things like “suppon-dofu” (a soft-shell turtle in egg pudding with green onion and turtle broth), and culminated in the classic and beloved Japanese delicacy, “natto”, which Bourdain describes as “an unbelievably foul, rank, slimy, glutinous, and stringy goop of fermented soybeans”. After the natto, Bourdain finished with a dish described as “mountain potato”: of this he said, “I could only handle a single taste. To this day, I have no idea what it really was…. The small, dark, chewy nugget can only be described as tasting like salt-cured, sun-dried goat rectum”.Throughout the book, Bourdain maintains his wry, sarcastic sense of humor, possibly as a survival tool to get him through his next meal. He mocks a vegan potluck dinner as the “real heart of darkness”, discusses fabled and exotic foods such as the unbelievably rank durian fruit, and always manages to do it while being respectful of local traditions and cultures very different from his existence in New York City. This is a great book for anyone interested in foods and cultures of the world, and I recommend it highly!

⭐This book portrays Anthony Bourdain in his element, exploring food, geography, politics and cultures. He’s truthful and forthright with his opinions. No apologies. Just like he should be.

⭐I want to go to Vietnam, to Mexico, to all the places Anthony visited. To try the food ans get lost in the wonder of the people. Great read.And honestly, the ending tore at me, and will stick with me for a long time.There is no perfect meal, but there are memories and family. That is enough for me.

⭐Another great book by the late Anthony Bourdain. Most people would associate Bourdain with celebrity chef status but overlook the fact that he was a really great writer. I assume he wrote most of the dialog for his TV shows as his books have the same amazing descriptive, and often amusing turn of phrase throughout.In this book he travels to many places in the world and experiences their food and drink first hand. Most of the destinations are in Asia; Vietnam, Cambodia, Japan etc, but he also visits other odd destinations such as Portugal, Russia and Scotland. It’s not all fun and games and drinking. There are some moving, souls searching moments when he first has to confront slaughtering and butchering an animal first hand.Well worth reading. My complaint is that there does not seem to be an audio book that Tony narrated himself. A real shame as he also had a great voice.

⭐I have always been a fan of Anthony Bourdain. Although I have never tasted”his food,” I think I have tasted/experienced what he has through his books.

⭐The book if fun to read. Buy it. All right, borrow it from your library. This travel-food-olog mixes wild & interesting places and wild & interesting foods in about equal amounts. Yes, Mr. Bourdain does write like a chef, but what the heck? In his words, that’s “pretty neat.”At all these wild places he goes — Russia, North Africa, Vietnam, Japan — one wonders how he survives both the places and the meals. The answer is, he threw himself into both with a gusto and with good expectations. This unintended lesson on life would be hard to improve on. Readers will be pleased to note how Mr. Bourdain leaves all his hosts delighted with his visit. This makes him the perfect guest. Very likely the aged Vietnamese army veteran was especially so, ever after being able to boast that he drank an American under the table.His hosts liked him because he liked them, without prejudice. What a wonderfully entertaining book this is. If this man can find the value, and the fun, in all that he ran into, you can’t help but put the book down a bit more inspired.

⭐I’ve always been a fan of his TV shows but this book is something else. The way he describes the places he visits makes me want to go there. To see these places the way he did. He always inspired me to visit new places and to explore food and this book is a wonderful example of that and a must read for anyone.

⭐Excellent condition, looking forward with anticipation to reading… wonderful raconteur, sadly missed.

⭐This celebrated book by equally celebrated writer Alain Bourdin was bought by me as a gift for my son Danny who, like the author himself, spent a lot of years in the kitchen. Danny has long enjoyed Bourdin’s wide experience and sense of humour. “A Cook’s Tour”, he says, is a great addition to his collection.

⭐Super fast delivery & great book received. Used but no problems with the condition at all! As for the book, Bourdain is simply unparalleled, the Hunter Thompson of the kitchen.

⭐I read this book a few years ago and found it inspiring as I like to travel and eat. I enjoyed Anthony Bourdain’s frank style of writing and the depth he goes to, to describe his travels and the food experiences he was exposed too. I bought this book as could not find a Kindle version, but it is good enough to read more than once. I hope others enjoy it as much as me.

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